“The Streak” Gives Way To A New Streak

On Friday, November 22nd, the Iowa City Regina High School football team won their fourth straight Class 1-A state football championship. More importantly, they accomplished two more things: they broke a 41-year old record and, if you are willing to accept the Iowa High School Athletic Association‘s interpretation of the record book, they tied another…

It’s Never Boring When You Have Topics to Write About

Today is the fifth anniversary of “Des Moines Is Not Boring”, a blog dedicated to touting and showing everyone that Des Moines is not boring…ever. The brainchild of Pete Jones has expanded over the years, with featured writers and topics, but the premise remains the same, which is there is plenty of events, activities, and…

One More Ride

Nine NCAA Division III national titles. 20 consecutive Iowa Conference championships. 164 consecutive Iowa Conference dual wins. 70 Academic All-Americans. 34 Individual national champions. Nearly 100 former wrestlers are coaching on the high school or college level. Not too bad for a guy who hails from Waterloo, Iowa. Jim Miller has had one hell of…

An ESPN Films Iowa “Dream” List

This past Tuesday, ESPN Films aired another outstanding hour-long documentary, this one about former Fresno State basketball player Chris Herren.  Herren became a prep star in his native Fall River, Massachusetts and went on to Fresno and a short stint in the NBA, all the while battling drug addiction and nearly self-destructing the world around him.  I…

“Milboy’s Army” Goes for 19 In a Row

Wrestling. One individual squaring off against another individual.  Your goal is to win your match.  You are not just wrestling for yourself…but for the team as well. Between the high school wrestling championships and Iowa and ISU battling for the Division I-A championships next month, did you know that a less-publicized conference tournament will take…